@kaede@ilyamikcoder.com
Anime fans often ignore character's age because there is a strong high-school bias. I've had a theory that life in Japan grows too dull as you grow older — probably bullshit, but not completely ungrounded. Even if they drive giant robots or use superpowers to defeat hellbound creatures, they are still high-schoolers, often they don't act like ones and look way above their age, but school is still a part of the setting 🤷
There are shows about grown-ups of course, but not too many.
@kotik
@kotik It is true, but I don't think it's the main reason anymore. Even in Russia early anime fans are already in their forties, in Japan, from what I know, birth rate is in decline, population grows older and the age of an average fan goes higher with it. The demand for older characters is most certainly there!
My weird theory goes is that they use it as a justification for characters having to much time to spare, not doing their 9 to 5 instead 🤭
@kaede@ilyamikcoder.com
@m0xee
Makes huge sense
@kaede